The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-04-19
BRITISH.

/ civil engineer, has gone 10 Cabul, capital of
I Afghanistan. at the request of the Ameer. TO
[ consult with him about the construction of a
railway from Cabul to Herat.
( DUBLIN. April Father Keller. the i'm
T priSoned Catholic priest, has been appointed
[ Canon Of Cloyne by the Bishops of the Do
( ceSe.
LONDON, April 6.-At meeting in Chelsea
! tonight letter was read from Gladstone in
which be said: Our adversaries have availed
themselves of the fact that have taken a
large share in placing the Irish problem as
/ question of practical politics before the
country TO plead il as personal affair, and
/ that II is not true conviction, and that the
people are not In genuine sympathy with the
| justice of the Irish demand. A little reserve
| on my part will help them TO be sooner unde-
ceiyed, and TO profit more effectively by
teaching them what they are already begin
! ming TO perceive by the teachings Of events"
DUBLIN, April 6.-The attempts of the agent
to compromise with the tenants on Lord
Lansdowne's estate have failed, and the work
of eyicting all who refuse TO pay rents is de-
manded and Will be resumed April 10Th
Duane and kilbridge, two of the principal
tenants of Lord Lansdowne, recently evicted
from their extensive holdings near Luggaeur-
Ein, have been elected Chairman and Vice
Chairman, respectively. of the Board of Poor
Law Guardians.
LONDON, April 5-The second reading of
the Irish Crimes Act Amendment bill was
moved IN the House OF Commons this after
noon by Balfour. Chief Secretary for Ireland.
Sir Bernard SamUelson. the Gladstonian
member from the Bambury division os Ok
fOrdshIre. moved an amendment 70 the bill
TO the effect that ''the bill would. If passed,
increase disorder in Ireland and anger the
Union and the Empire, and therefore should
be rejected
LONDON. April "A Lahore paper an
nounces that the Amer of Afshanistan is
seriously alarmed at the discovery that
number of native tribes are combining against
him, and has appealed to the Indian authori-
ties for help and advice. The dissatisfied
Aghans assert that ihe country has been Sc
eretly sold TO the British. and that the rail
way to Candahar has been sanctioned by the
Amer TO facilitate their advance. The fsnat-
zeal element of the people is rampant against
the Ameer, who has removed his treasures TO
Fyzabsd. town in India, on the Goggra
river.
DUBLIN, april 2.-Of the new Land bill in
troduced IN the House of Lords. William
O'Brien says: :" It is not bill that is meant
TO pass. 1t is show bill and sham. III
we're landlord / should regard the Land bill
with far greater terror than the tenants re-
gard the Coercion bill, but ii Is never meant
to pass. It is only sop to the Birmingham
Cerber1s and q salve TO the uneasy conscience
of the Coercionists.n
LONDON, April lin the House of Com
mons tonight the Cloture vas carried by a
vote Of 36l TO 25S, and the first reading of the
Coercion bill was acted upon without division.
QUuSsTowS, April The Dauntless
sailed for southampton to-day, where she
viii be overhauled prior TO going on a cruise
along the coast Of Norway. She will after
ward VISIT the Azores. then proceed home.
LoSDoS, April 1.-The Queen arrived at
Cannes to-dsy- Her Majesty drove from the
railway station 10 the villa IN an open car
mage without riders. She was escorted bv q
guard OF honor, force OF mounted pend'-
armes and the Cannes Fire Brigade. Houses
along the route were decorated with hsos.
The people filed the streets and enthusiast
cally chsered Her Majesty. The French
Mediterranean sqQadrJn. which had been
ordered 10 cannes, sal1tsd the Queen on her
arrival.
QUEENs7oTS, March 3l--The Coronet pre-
cs56ed TO CoEeS at $50 this morning.
LoSDoS, March SI.-The Cabinet have de-
clded 70 abandon the cause Of the Irish Grim
lOai Law Amendment bill, which provides
for conging venue from Dublin 70 London in
certain cases OF criminal trials thus ursctic-
ally removing the greatest cause OF the Lib
sEai CniOnist opposition 70 the DILL.
II the House % LoTcs tonight. Earl Ca.-
clgsa Conservative presented a bill. pro-
yldlng Tor me purchase OF Irish holdings, or
II other words, for the abolition OF tte sys-
ten u ownership created By tbe Act OF 1881.
Il vas proposed, he said. to admit Isasehold-
ers whose leases expired prior to TSSl-num-
0er1ng l6l.O01-Eere TO be admitted to the
benefit Of the Act o. 1851 IL the same man
ner as those whose leases had expired N that
Fear.
SEDSEY. \. $. W. March 30.-In the Colo
nal Assembly to-day stringent DILL was in
irOoEced for the protection Of the Colony
against foreign criminals. Shiuussterz land
ing any such criminals ard made liable TO a
psnslty u I've years penal ssrTitutie and
their vessels 10 be forfeited.